Surge and Lightning Protection

A surge is a transient electrical fluctuation that happens in a fraction of a second and can cause serious damage to electronic and electro mechanical equipment.

They can be caused by lightning strikes and local power utility company "spikes" which can enter your business or home through the electrical system ie. cable television, telephone wiring etc and attack any electrical equipment attached to them.

Softwired Surge Filters

Many people believe the most important issue is power loss or blackouts, yet the truth is that the majority of power faults are caused by power surges or noise transients.

NPS provide a range of surge filters and power boards for all applications with load ratings of 6,500 amp (typically used to protect a notebooks or work stations) all the way up to 66,000 amp (typically used to protect a series of ups or high end electrical equipment.

Products in this range:

Powersmart PM10i

The PM10 is designed to provide secondary protection against power surges caused by external sources such as lightning strikes and electrical switching as well as providing a measure of protection from surge events generated on the secondary side of the filter.

The PM10 is a 3-stage protection unit utilising primary and secondary MOV protection in conjunction with an L/C filter.

In addition, the unit also provides filtering of line harmonics and high-frequency noise with a cut-off frequency of ~10kHz and a nominal attenuation of 40dB.